Necktie-holder.



C. W. STUART.

NECKTIE HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6. 1915 1,182,112. I Patented May9,1916.

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NEGKTIE-I-IOLDER."

To all whom it may concern. i

Be it known that I, CLYDE W1L 1AM STU- ART, a'citizenof theUnited States, residing at Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State'of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Holders, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to improvements in necktie holders and has for its objectto provide an inexpensive device upon which a tie of the well-known four-i11handtypemay be tied or untied at will, but which, when tied, upon said holder, may be'quickly applied to a collar and held in place by means of a sim' ple fastening device attached to said holder and therebyeliminate the necessity of passing the tie around the collar. Another object of the invention is to pro vide a holder which permits the knot of the tie to be moved, if desired, to a difierent place each time the tie is tied upon said holder, and at the same time permit the ends of said tie to be equal in length.

Another object of theinvention is to provide a holder constructed of such flexible or resilient material that it may be bowed outwardly when applied to the collar, so as to cause the tie when in place to protrude slightly between the waistcoat and collar of the wearer thereof.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings: .Figure 1 is a front elevation of the necktie holder em-' preferably T-shaped, that is to say, it comprises a transverse member 6 arranged at the top thereof with the extremities 7 and 8 of.

said transverse member deflected upwardly. A vertically disposed member 9 depends from the transverse member 6 extending for a substantial distance therebelow, and this member has at its lower end a fastening Specification of Letters Patent. I

5 Application filed December 6,1915.- sesame. 65,169.

means 10, in the present instance a safety pin,

whichis adapted to pass through perforations .11 formed adjacent to said lower end.

The Tshaped member 5 is preferably formed of some flexible or resilient material such as whalebone or celluloid, preferably thelatter. The vertically disposed member 9 of said holder ispreferably bowed outwardly intermediate of the lower and upper ends thereof as at 12, so as to causethe" tie which is attached thereto to protrude outwardly between the vest which is illustrated in Fig. l at 13 and the collar 14:.

The verticallydisposed member of-the holder is made sufiiciently long to extend below the upper edge ofthe waistcoat 13 and a at this point said vertically disposed member is secured by the fastening device or pin 11 to the front of the shirt of the wearer. The extremities 7 and 8 are adapted to extend outwardlyv between the folds of a turned-down collar as illustrated in Fig. 1. In tying the necktie upon the holder 5 said tie-is first doubled substantially at' the middle thereof, so as to bring the extremities 15 and 16 together. The folded end of the 'tie as illustrated at 17 is then laid against the front face of the holder 5, a substantial distance below the juncture of the vertically disposed member 9 with that of the transverse member 6. The two folds of said tie then extend upwardly over the upper edge of said transverse member 6, thence downwardly against the rear face thereof and around the front as at 18, lying against the doubled end of said tie. From thence the tie is passed around the rear of the trans-' verse member 6, upwardly over the first course and then downwardly between the portion 18 and the doubled end 17 as at 19, thus forming the knot 20. The tie holder 5 is perforated at 21 adjacent to the juncture of the vertically disposed member 9 and the transverse member 6 to receivea fastening device preferably a pin 22 which is passed through said perforations and into the rear portion ofthe knot of said tie, thus firmly securing said tie to the holder temporarily. In applying the tie with itsholder to the collar the extremities 7 and 8 thereof are inserted between the folds thereof and pushed upwardly as far as the knot of said tie permits it to go. The lower extremity 28 at which the fastening means 10 is located is then pressed upwardly sufiicient to cause the bulged portion 12 to protrude a sufficient distance between the upper portions "of the waistcoat 13 and said collar after which said I vertically dispo'sedfm'emb'er '9 is secured in place by the fastening means 10 to the front of the shirt. There is suflicient resiliency in the material from which the holder is constructed to maintain the extremities 7 and- 24% which maybe employed in place of the safety-pin illustrated in the preceding figures.

Having thus, specifically described my in- Ccpies of this patent may be obtained for vention -Wl12tt I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is: p a

A necktie holder constructed of resilient material and comprising a transverse member adapted to extend between the folds of a turn-down collar, a vertically disposed member connected with said transverse inember substantially midway thereof, said holder free from connection with the usual front collar button, andfastening means at the lower end of said vertically disposed Vmember adapted for attachmentto the shirt at a substantial distance below the neckband of said shirt, wherebyfthe transverse mem-- ber is yielding y retained in position between the folds of said collar. p I

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand in presence oftwo subscribing wita CLYDE. WILLIAM STUART; Witnesses: 7

SYDNEY E. TArT, H. R. STUART.

five cents each, by addressing the 0oinmissioner of Patents, Washington, .D. 6.? 

